The mismeasure of science: Citation analysis
作者持续批评将引文用于学术评价的做法，指出这些批评虽被注意但常被忽视，主要因为人们渴望一种简单的量化评价方法。
For several decades we, among others, have criticized the use of citations for evaluative purposes. Although these criticisms have been noted, they have been largely brushed aside or ignored, not addressed head on. This may be for a number of reasons, but we believe the main one is that these criticisms undermine the desire to have an easy “scientific”—that is, quantitative—method of evaluation. Consequently, we continue and update our criticism of the use of citations for evaluation.